Xenophanes is the twelfth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. The same members of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group who toured Europe in March 2009 (and released Los Sueños de un Hígado around the same time) are featured on this record, created a few months beforehand. On September 28, 2009 the recording was released digitally via the Rodriguez-Lopez productions website as well as physically in Europe on both CD and yellow vinyl. The recording was released physically in the U.S. on November 10, 2009 on both CD and pink vinyl. A music video directed by Omar for "Asco Que Conmueve los Puntos Erógenos" was released on YouTube on November 30, 2009.
According to drummer Thomas Pridgen, while he was recording for the album he was under the impression Xenophanes would be a Mars Volta album.
In the liner notes, Omar wrote:
"This album is dedicated to and exists in celebration of Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Ximena Sariñana Rivera who have always believed in me and pushed me to be my true self. Thank you."
Xenophanes of Colophon (/zəˈnɒfəniːz/;Ancient Greek: Ξενοφάνης ὁ Κολοφώνιος[ksenopʰánɛːs ho kolopʰɔ̌ːnios]; c. 570 – c. 475 BC) was a Greekphilosopher, theologian, poet, and social and religious critic. Xenophanes lived a life of travel, having left Ionia at the age of 25 and continuing to travel throughout the Greek world for another 67 years. Some scholars say he lived in exile in Sicily. Knowledge of his views comes from fragments of his poetry, surviving as quotations by later Greek writers. To judge from these, his elegiac and iambic poetry criticized and satirized a wide range of ideas, including Homer and Hesiod, the belief in the pantheon of anthropomorphicgods and the Greeks' veneration of athleticism. He is the earliest Greek poet who claims explicitly to be writing for future generations, creating "fame that will reach all of Greece, and never die while the Greek kind of songs survives."
Life
Xenophanes was a native of Colophon and was the son of Orthomenes or, according to others, of Dexius. He is said to have flourished during the 60th Olympiad (540-537 BC). He was mentioned in the writings of Heraclitus and Epicharmus and had himself mentioned Thales, Epimenides, and Pythagoras. In a fragment of his elegies, he mentions the Medianinvasion as an event that took place in his time, which may refer to the expedition of Harpagus against the Greek cities in Ionia (546/5 BC). He left his native land as a fugitive or exile and went to the Ionian colonies in Sicily, Zancle and Catana. He may have lived for some time in Elea (founded by the Phocaeans in the 61st Olympiad 536-533 BC), since he wrote about the foundation of the colony. According to the fragments of one of his elegies, he had left his native land at the age of 25 and had already lived 67 years in the Greek lands, when, at the age of 92, he composed that elegy.
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Desarraigo · Omar Rodríguez-López
Xenophanes
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Author: Omar Rodriguez-López
Producer: Omar Rodriguez-López
Composer: Omar Rodriguez-López
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published: 20 May 2021
Xenophanes - Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Album Overview
Xenophanes (2009)
Tracklisting:
1. Azoemia
2. Mundo de Siegos
3. Ojo al Christo de Plata
4. Amanita Virosa
5. Sangrando Détras de los Ojos
6. Deserraigo
7. Asco que Conmueve los Puntos Erógenos
8. Oremos
9. Perder el Arte de la Rázon Sin Mover in Sólo Dedo:
10. A) Flores de Cizaña
11. B) Maria Celeste
According to Omar's Myspace the album is a "conceptual journey through life, death, and re-birth" and " tells the story of a selfish and judgmental female caseworker who falls in love with a male client, only for him to die soon thereafter. Over the course of eleven subsequent lifetimes, the woman experiences life from every conceivable vantage point as her soul evolves, thereby allowing the maturity and eventual letting-go of her ego which in turn enables the realization tha...
published: 09 Aug 2010
Ojo Al Cristo De Plata
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Ojo Al Cristo De Plata · Omar Rodríguez-López
Xenophanes
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Author: Omar Rodriguez-López
Producer: Omar Rodriguez-López
Composer: Omar Rodriguez-López
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published: 20 May 2021
Omar Rodriguez Lopez - asco que conmueve los puntos erógenos
official video from the album Xenophanes - directed by Omar Rodriguez Lopez
published: 30 Nov 2009
Xenophanes - Mundo de Ciegos
Blind World
the sight of the dress, the son of a new memory
the resistance of pain
third time, free from you
determined by a frozen sea
not one reason or private trial
Cathartic method, fools the conscience
I don't fear you
I shout at the wall
your coronal suture
will absolve me
the ovaries of your black eyes
hide from you in the weeping willow
determined by a frozen sea
I don't fear you
I shout at the wall
your coronal suture
will absolve me
If I have done wrong, forgive me
published: 28 Jan 2014
Amanita Virosa
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Amanita Virosa · Omar Rodríguez-López
Xenophanes
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Author: Omar Rodriguez-López
Producer: Omar Rodriguez-López
Composer: Omar Rodriguez-López
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published: 20 May 2021
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group Live Los Angeles (WIP) II
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group performing in Los Angeles on Sept 14th, 2010 - rough cut 2 of many.. (work in progress)
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ALL ALBUMS CAN BE HEARD or DL'd here: http://omardigital.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
published: 26 Sep 2010
B) Maria Celeste
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B) Maria Celeste · Omar Rodríguez-López
Xenophanes
℗ 2021 Clouds Hill
Author: Omar Rodriguez-López
Producer: Omar Rodriguez-López
Composer: Omar Rodriguez-López
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published: 20 May 2021
El Trio De Omar Rodriguez Lopez "Miercoles"
El Trio de Omar Rodriguez Lopez video for Miercoles from the album Ciencia de los Inutiles
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ALL ALBUMS CAN BE HEARD or DL'd here: http://omardigital.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
Direction: Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Cameras: Michael Rizzi, Kristofer May. Editing: Adam Thomson
Aaron Cruz Bravo: contrabajo
Ximena Sariñana Rivera: voz y rhodes
Omar Rodriguez Lopez: guitarras
Xenophanes (2009)
Tracklisting:
1. Azoemia
2. Mundo de Siegos
3. Ojo al Christo de Plata
4. Amanita Virosa
5. Sangrando Détras de los Ojos
6. Deserraig...
Xenophanes (2009)
Tracklisting:
1. Azoemia
2. Mundo de Siegos
3. Ojo al Christo de Plata
4. Amanita Virosa
5. Sangrando Détras de los Ojos
6. Deserraigo
7. Asco que Conmueve los Puntos Erógenos
8. Oremos
9. Perder el Arte de la Rázon Sin Mover in Sólo Dedo:
10. A) Flores de Cizaña
11. B) Maria Celeste
According to Omar's Myspace the album is a "conceptual journey through life, death, and re-birth" and " tells the story of a selfish and judgmental female caseworker who falls in love with a male client, only for him to die soon thereafter. Over the course of eleven subsequent lifetimes, the woman experiences life from every conceivable vantage point as her soul evolves, thereby allowing the maturity and eventual letting-go of her ego which in turn enables the realization that the man was, and always has been, her father spirit. Suggesting the fractal and holographic nature of both consciousness and physical reality, the concepts embraced on Xenophanes will appear at least vaguely familiar to anyone with experience in the psychedelic and/or shamanic realms; concepts which Xenophanes himself was likely the first to express within the confines of Western philosophy."
I don't speak Spanish so I have no clue what the songs mean (and I wouldn't even known it was a concept album, if I hadn't read the Myspace blog). My appologies for the random paintings that probably have nothing to do with the concept.
Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Guitars, Vocals
Juan Alderete de la Peña - Bass
Thomas Pridgen - Drums
Marcel Rodriguez Lopez - Percussion, keyboards
Mark Aanderud - Additional keyboards
Ximena Sariñana - Vocals
Xenophanes (2009)
Tracklisting:
1. Azoemia
2. Mundo de Siegos
3. Ojo al Christo de Plata
4. Amanita Virosa
5. Sangrando Détras de los Ojos
6. Deserraigo
7. Asco que Conmueve los Puntos Erógenos
8. Oremos
9. Perder el Arte de la Rázon Sin Mover in Sólo Dedo:
10. A) Flores de Cizaña
11. B) Maria Celeste
According to Omar's Myspace the album is a "conceptual journey through life, death, and re-birth" and " tells the story of a selfish and judgmental female caseworker who falls in love with a male client, only for him to die soon thereafter. Over the course of eleven subsequent lifetimes, the woman experiences life from every conceivable vantage point as her soul evolves, thereby allowing the maturity and eventual letting-go of her ego which in turn enables the realization that the man was, and always has been, her father spirit. Suggesting the fractal and holographic nature of both consciousness and physical reality, the concepts embraced on Xenophanes will appear at least vaguely familiar to anyone with experience in the psychedelic and/or shamanic realms; concepts which Xenophanes himself was likely the first to express within the confines of Western philosophy."
I don't speak Spanish so I have no clue what the songs mean (and I wouldn't even known it was a concept album, if I hadn't read the Myspace blog). My appologies for the random paintings that probably have nothing to do with the concept.
Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Guitars, Vocals
Juan Alderete de la Peña - Bass
Thomas Pridgen - Drums
Marcel Rodriguez Lopez - Percussion, keyboards
Mark Aanderud - Additional keyboards
Ximena Sariñana - Vocals
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Ojo Al Cristo De Plata · Omar Rodríguez-López
Xenophanes
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Author: Omar Rodriguez-López
Producer: Omar R...
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Ojo Al Cristo De Plata · Omar Rodríguez-López
Xenophanes
℗ 2021 Clouds Hill
Author: Omar Rodriguez-López
Producer: Omar Rodriguez-López
Composer: Omar Rodriguez-López
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Ojo Al Cristo De Plata · Omar Rodríguez-López
Xenophanes
℗ 2021 Clouds Hill
Author: Omar Rodriguez-López
Producer: Omar Rodriguez-López
Composer: Omar Rodriguez-López
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Blind World
the sight of the dress, the son of a new memory
the resistance of pain
third time, free from you
determined by a frozen sea
not one reason or priv...
Blind World
the sight of the dress, the son of a new memory
the resistance of pain
third time, free from you
determined by a frozen sea
not one reason or private trial
Cathartic method, fools the conscience
I don't fear you
I shout at the wall
your coronal suture
will absolve me
the ovaries of your black eyes
hide from you in the weeping willow
determined by a frozen sea
I don't fear you
I shout at the wall
your coronal suture
will absolve me
If I have done wrong, forgive me
Blind World
the sight of the dress, the son of a new memory
the resistance of pain
third time, free from you
determined by a frozen sea
not one reason or private trial
Cathartic method, fools the conscience
I don't fear you
I shout at the wall
your coronal suture
will absolve me
the ovaries of your black eyes
hide from you in the weeping willow
determined by a frozen sea
I don't fear you
I shout at the wall
your coronal suture
will absolve me
If I have done wrong, forgive me
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group performing in Los Angeles on Sept 14th, 2010 - rough cut 2 of many.. (work in progress)
http://www.rodriguezlopezproductions.com ...
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group performing in Los Angeles on Sept 14th, 2010 - rough cut 2 of many.. (work in progress)
http://www.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
http://www.facebook.com/rodriguezlopezproductions
ALL ALBUMS CAN BE HEARD or DL'd here: http://omardigital.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group performing in Los Angeles on Sept 14th, 2010 - rough cut 2 of many.. (work in progress)
http://www.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
http://www.facebook.com/rodriguezlopezproductions
ALL ALBUMS CAN BE HEARD or DL'd here: http://omardigital.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
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B) Maria Celeste · Omar Rodríguez-López
Xenophanes
℗ 2021 Clouds Hill
Author: Omar Rodriguez-López
Producer: Omar Rodrigu...
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B) Maria Celeste · Omar Rodríguez-López
Xenophanes
℗ 2021 Clouds Hill
Author: Omar Rodriguez-López
Producer: Omar Rodriguez-López
Composer: Omar Rodriguez-López
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B) Maria Celeste · Omar Rodríguez-López
Xenophanes
℗ 2021 Clouds Hill
Author: Omar Rodriguez-López
Producer: Omar Rodriguez-López
Composer: Omar Rodriguez-López
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El Trio de Omar Rodriguez Lopez video for Miercoles from the album Ciencia de los Inutiles
www.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
ALL ALBUMS CAN BE HEARD or DL'd ...
El Trio de Omar Rodriguez Lopez video for Miercoles from the album Ciencia de los Inutiles
www.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
ALL ALBUMS CAN BE HEARD or DL'd here: http://omardigital.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
Direction: Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Cameras: Michael Rizzi, Kristofer May. Editing: Adam Thomson
Aaron Cruz Bravo: contrabajo
Ximena Sariñana Rivera: voz y rhodes
Omar Rodriguez Lopez: guitarras
El Trio de Omar Rodriguez Lopez video for Miercoles from the album Ciencia de los Inutiles
www.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
ALL ALBUMS CAN BE HEARD or DL'd here: http://omardigital.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
Direction: Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Cameras: Michael Rizzi, Kristofer May. Editing: Adam Thomson
Aaron Cruz Bravo: contrabajo
Ximena Sariñana Rivera: voz y rhodes
Omar Rodriguez Lopez: guitarras
Xenophanes (2009)
Tracklisting:
1. Azoemia
2. Mundo de Siegos
3. Ojo al Christo de Plata
4. Amanita Virosa
5. Sangrando Détras de los Ojos
6. Deserraigo
7. Asco que Conmueve los Puntos Erógenos
8. Oremos
9. Perder el Arte de la Rázon Sin Mover in Sólo Dedo:
10. A) Flores de Cizaña
11. B) Maria Celeste
According to Omar's Myspace the album is a "conceptual journey through life, death, and re-birth" and " tells the story of a selfish and judgmental female caseworker who falls in love with a male client, only for him to die soon thereafter. Over the course of eleven subsequent lifetimes, the woman experiences life from every conceivable vantage point as her soul evolves, thereby allowing the maturity and eventual letting-go of her ego which in turn enables the realization that the man was, and always has been, her father spirit. Suggesting the fractal and holographic nature of both consciousness and physical reality, the concepts embraced on Xenophanes will appear at least vaguely familiar to anyone with experience in the psychedelic and/or shamanic realms; concepts which Xenophanes himself was likely the first to express within the confines of Western philosophy."
I don't speak Spanish so I have no clue what the songs mean (and I wouldn't even known it was a concept album, if I hadn't read the Myspace blog). My appologies for the random paintings that probably have nothing to do with the concept.
Omar Rodriguez Lopez - Guitars, Vocals
Juan Alderete de la Peña - Bass
Thomas Pridgen - Drums
Marcel Rodriguez Lopez - Percussion, keyboards
Mark Aanderud - Additional keyboards
Ximena Sariñana - Vocals
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Ojo Al Cristo De Plata · Omar Rodríguez-López
Xenophanes
℗ 2021 Clouds Hill
Author: Omar Rodriguez-López
Producer: Omar Rodriguez-López
Composer: Omar Rodriguez-López
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Blind World
the sight of the dress, the son of a new memory
the resistance of pain
third time, free from you
determined by a frozen sea
not one reason or private trial
Cathartic method, fools the conscience
I don't fear you
I shout at the wall
your coronal suture
will absolve me
the ovaries of your black eyes
hide from you in the weeping willow
determined by a frozen sea
I don't fear you
I shout at the wall
your coronal suture
will absolve me
If I have done wrong, forgive me
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group performing in Los Angeles on Sept 14th, 2010 - rough cut 2 of many.. (work in progress)
http://www.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
http://www.facebook.com/rodriguezlopezproductions
ALL ALBUMS CAN BE HEARD or DL'd here: http://omardigital.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
Provided to YouTube by Clouds Hill
B) Maria Celeste · Omar Rodríguez-López
Xenophanes
℗ 2021 Clouds Hill
Author: Omar Rodriguez-López
Producer: Omar Rodriguez-López
Composer: Omar Rodriguez-López
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El Trio de Omar Rodriguez Lopez video for Miercoles from the album Ciencia de los Inutiles
www.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
ALL ALBUMS CAN BE HEARD or DL'd here: http://omardigital.rodriguezlopezproductions.com
Direction: Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Cameras: Michael Rizzi, Kristofer May. Editing: Adam Thomson
Aaron Cruz Bravo: contrabajo
Ximena Sariñana Rivera: voz y rhodes
Omar Rodriguez Lopez: guitarras
Xenophanes is the twelfth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. The same members of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group who toured Europe in March 2009 (and released Los Sueños de un Hígado around the same time) are featured on this record, created a few months beforehand. On September 28, 2009 the recording was released digitally via the Rodriguez-Lopez productions website as well as physically in Europe on both CD and yellow vinyl. The recording was released physically in the U.S. on November 10, 2009 on both CD and pink vinyl. A music video directed by Omar for "Asco Que Conmueve los Puntos Erógenos" was released on YouTube on November 30, 2009.
According to drummer Thomas Pridgen, while he was recording for the album he was under the impression Xenophanes would be a Mars Volta album.
In the liner notes, Omar wrote:
"This album is dedicated to and exists in celebration of Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Ximena Sariñana Rivera who have always believed in me and pushed me to be my true self. Thank you."